Folding bedstead.



E. L. ELLIOTT &-w. H. GHROEDER. 1

FOLDING BEDSTEAD. APPLICATION PILBD'JULU, 1910.

Patented Sept-27,1910,

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WITNESSES:

' ATTORNEYS EDWARD LELA-nn ELLIOTT Ami ronnme n'nns'rnnp.

T all whom it My concern: e it known that We, EDWARD I motor and WILLIAM HENRY Sonnonnnn, eiti+ Co uille in the count of of% a y 'zens of-the United'States, and 're'sidents of Coos and State reg'on, have invented certain new, and useful Improvements in Folding of which the following. is a specification."-

' Our invention an improvement in tolding bedsteads, and'consistsin certain novel eonstruetions'of parts hereinafterdescribed ed ingdotted lines. from the head, parts thereof beiii'g'in see- 5 2 tions and Fig. 4: is a sectional View showing the catch.

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The object form a s1n 'le or; a' double. bed, and which.

- vmay beiseourely held in either position.

' improvement: Fig. 2 is a side view, show drawing the. posts 'venlence. i3 5 ingthe bed foldedin full lines and unfolds Fig. 3 is an end View The embodiment of the intention shown in the drawing consists of [four vlprlights or 'pests,two side, rails, and two, end r ils, and.

' desireds'uit 'able meterielend maybe shaped and ornamented in any desired mannen Inxthe are shown plain for coneaoh'of' the-posts may be of any Each o the. li ii' he 'l is, in theieinbodiment shown provi' ed Zwith a'fubstantielly the outer o. foot posts;

' the rlile oint. 'The out're tion fits in the hanger and is pivoted by a pin ,4. j p

he end rails is,i,n two. sections with a' longitudinal slot One of the [to the otherends to bend Each of "the side; rails is co 'posed of ttvosections' 3 and 3 hinged to theriat their meeting: ends at 4, .thehinge onnec'tion'be ward; that is, the meetin be I s of the si rails must be moved upw rdl with respect the oi nt. Bythis. arrangement when the setio ment, the are retained "in 5 :ing a rule joint as show ng an opening up w e and each 1 fsectifo'n is proud Sp eoiflcation of Letters Patent.

Bedsteads,

ends to, ears 11 .and'-.11 on the .post', and

the

"jointhnd the pins 4. ooh p sidelxieil sections are end rails the foot posts toward each s-fare inahne ch position byd of each sjecthe adjacent post, v y;

ideningithe bedna 'mdicated 1n (dotted lines in"Fig.-2."" v

"ment of seetionso end 5' 7 -'engaging theslbt 6 of the othe1 '-,'an a" hold'the sect-ions in ad p U s em is provided "with it 'Win ed' heeded'nnt 9 and it is evident that,

of pins 12 passing through ears to secure it in lace.

'- Links 13 an 14 are pinotedfby' one ot-its pin 15 passes-through'theiea; 1tndjth e links 1 'Aftilever' 16, "is 1 artof-posts I and the inner e dsv of the -.-1inksr are ivoted to the lever,-es e't link; is pivoted to the Corresponding 'link on the itherlsidetw- When thebed is unfolded it. .takes the po-v sitic'ui shown'in Fig; 1, with the "sidereilsees;

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7,130. szi1no.'57o,74e. V sections 5 is-provided 'v Vith a,- headed ,in LELAND EL I. threaded-ste n 8- is pressed through the 'regis-"iterin'g slots 'and'en'geged by e wlng not 9 to jn'sted position. The? w hen'thej nut is 'ldweredlthe 'end rail may/be glengthenedor shortened. j 1 1 f The end-rails ar'epivotedto ,the postsl "by means on the-post and through the end of the-mil. I of the invention is to provide. a bed vof. the character speoified,'-whichfniay= be folded into smell bompass and which'may be contractedf and expanded laterally topositio: ,hetween etch 17, and mm tions in aili'nement andlsu" ported'by the rule vided with Jo recess- 19, in-;whmhis pivoted- 'f'acstqh 2( and 21, end a'sprihg 1Q normallyholds 'heetoh injoiitwayd"positiofigshowno of the, adj scent section of "the side "rail.

When itis, desired'toibldithdbed, the

by lifting the nieet-in" and alpproaching the v posts, until'; they 'ajre in contact as sho. -n-1nv copies but little roomnnd maybe further: folded by. removing thumb orew19 from the rails and levers-l6 upwnrdlythus' approaching the head posts toward eitchj'other' and otheries in Fi' folded onto .each'other endSof the ti'ofnsv head posts to "th foot in Fi ht, the catch engag ngsthe i'pper jfec'e'" and movingjthe .jseotion'sofrthe end The principal object of-1theconnection t tween the lififld' post'sfandf'bet ween the f t ,postsi s. to .iyidenor' -nari'ow the' end this is done by looseningthe seti screw., 9. When this is; loosened the sections 5 and '51 may be movedlong tudinally front ea ch;

other, and the lever 16 beingpnfshed down the toot-posts are movedepert thus .711 t? limits the outward in 'vjepressing the catchioutwardly.

' 2! A folding bedstead, comprising-a pairlevers ,and the tightening of setscrewfi locks the posts in their extended positidn; It will'be understood that any form of springmattress may be used; 5 We claim 1 1. A folding bedstead, comprising a pair of head posts and a pair of foot posts, a side rail. connecting the adjacent osts of the head and foot, each rail consisting of a plurality of sections hinged with an upwardly bending rule joint at their meeting ends, the outer end of each rail being-pivoted to the post', sect-ionalrnd rails, thesections being slidably' 'connected'at one, endand pivoted to 1 the posts at the other, .means for, securing v the sections in adjusted position, avertical lever betwenreach pair ofposts, and links connecting the ends of the levers- 'to the posts oneach side, said-links; being pivoted to the 2 lever and to the posts, and a catch for each .pos't, the' foot post having a recess for the catch, said catch being pivoted in the recess a'nd 'ei'rtending above the side rail when in outward position, and a spring normally.

of head posts and a pair of foot posts, a side rail connecting the adjacent posts of the head and foot, e'a'ch rail-consistingof a plu ra1it of sections hinged with an upwardly bending. rule j oint at t-lieinmeeting ends, the outer' end'of each rail' bein'g pivoted to. a post, each: of said posts having a catchfor preventing upward movement of the-rail, 5 'springs normally holding the catches in engaging position, end rails each consisting of .iplurality of'sectionsthe sections having each a longitudinal slot, and one having a pin fitting-in the slot, a set screw engaging the slots of both sections, a vertical lever between each pair of posts, and links connecting the ends of the levers to the .osts on to the the catch outward.

' 4. A folding bed-stead corn arising a pair 'of head posts and a air of oot posts, sectional side and en rails connecting the posts, one section of each of said rails being pivoted to a post, the sections of the side rails being hinged intermediate the osts, and the sections of the end rails rails in alinement, means for securing the sect ons of the end rails in ad ustment, and

means for moving the members of the pair "of head posts and the members of the pair of footposts toward and from each other.

EDWARD LELAND ELLIOTT.

; WILLIAM HENRY SCHROEDER.

Witnesses:

HARRY' G. HOY, WM. SNEnnoN.

eing' 'slidably connected intermediate the posts, means for locking the sections of the side 

